Sides

I got done with the end mortices and moved on to the side ones. I made up the little cradle to sit the machine on ages ago. It has casters on, so I can roll the thing around. For any larger timber up to about six inches across the machine sits on the work and can be rolled up and down to cut holes at the desired points. There is a slide lever to the left that gives about four or five inches of travel to drill holes along a line and create a longer mortice. A knob on the left gives sideways travel to position the hole and the big handle on the right works the rack and pinion to drive the chisel and bit down into the wood. The only other handle is the adjustable clamp that holds the work tight in the machine. There are a few markings visible on the side of the plank where I was planing out how big the mortice should be within the final cut out design.
I use the compressor (purple contraption on the right) to blast all the chips out of the holes and clean up.